Surottara, Sura-uttara: 5 definitions

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Surottara (सुरोत्तर).—sandal-wood.

Derivable forms: surottaraḥ (सुरोत्तरः).

Surottara is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms sura and uttara (उत्तर).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Surottara (सुरोत्तर).—m.

(-raḥ) Sandal-wood. E. sura a deity, and uttara excellent.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Surottara (सुरोत्तर):—[from sura > sur] m. ‘superior to g°’, sandal-wood, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Surottara (सुरोत्तर):—[suro+ttara] (raḥ) 1. m. Sandal wood.

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Surottara in German

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

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